carebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caro, carere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
card/comb (wool/flax/etc.);
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →careo, carere, carui, caritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be without/absent from/devoid of/free from; miss; abstain from, lack, lose;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...lustremus animo non has maximas artis, quibus qui carebant inertes a maioribus nominabantur, sed quaero num existimes..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...pulsat humum, In medio plausu (plausus tunc arte carebant) Rex populo praedae signa petita dedit. Protinus exiliunt, animum..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...capta nave, sequeretur. Nec deformitate ista saltem flumina carebant atque amnes. Danubius ac Rhenus tantum illud nostri decoris..."
